Brooke stepped into the hallway and closed the door. “Scared shitless and brave as a lion, but she’s determined. Hunter, you’re sweet for helpin... out.” Brooke went on tiptoes to give him a kiss on the cheek. “Okay, Phoebe, it’s time to—”“I need to check everything,” said Phoebe, attempting to maneuver around Brooke.“No,” Brooke said.Phoebe’s jaw stiffened. “Get out of my way.”“Please, Phoebe,” Brooke said. “Trust me just this once.” Hunter hauled Phoebe back. “She’s right, babe. Think about. Such a perfect diamond blue... swallowing up hisentire field of vision. Her smooth, contralto voice sucked all the airand sound from his senses."You have a good soul. Granted it's buried pretty deep. Don't know howthat happened, but it's not important. What is important is that thingsare starting to unfold, and unfortunately you won't quite understandit, yet. You are going to help me."Or you could die. I mean, it's up to you, but..." I don't wanna die," Robb whimpered, eyes darting. "Please,". Rose smiled and said, "Come on, Jess, I want to show you the bedroom."Rose and Jess walked into the small bedroom, and Rose said, "That's mybed over there, and that would be yours. It's a snug bedroom, butthere's plenty of room for both us. You can have half of the closet, andhalf of the dresser draws."Jess forced herself to smile as she stared at the confined room. A brownshag carpet covered the floor. Jess glanced at the wooden dresser andthe small closet. Jess turned to look at Rose. Rose. Those who didn't die to our sword strokes or by the bite of an arrow quickly threw down their weapons and surrendered.Once we had everyone tied up and secured and we were able to speak to the men Elsa had left behind to stand watch, we quickly learned what had been happening here. The attackers turned out to be a band of Vikings. The Norsemen had been attacking a village on their Earth when they had been suddenly transported to the fortification. The Norsemen had fallen on the two guards who.